CAM LY

Em Se Quen (Vol. 10)

Price: £17.99

Latest album from the very wonderful Vietnamese pop star Cam Ly, who can also sing the central style folk songs in modern arrangements. CD plus DVD and Karaoke.

DAN TRUONG

Thuong Tham Vol.14

Ref: FSD2918

Price: £12.99

Born in 1976 Dan Truong is one of Vietnam's biggest stars, both as a singer and actor. In 1996 he was propelled to stardom after winning the "Good Voice Competition". His fame has since spread to other countries in south-east Asia including Thailand, Singapore and Taiwan. Essentially a pop singer, nevertheless this album possesses some strong Vietnamese flavors with dan-bao (monochord), dan-tranh (zither) and other traditional instruments over the synthesizers and western instruments. Dan Truong himself sings in a distinctly Vietnamese style, while guest vocalists include Cam Ly and Huong Lan. High quality production and one of the best recent Vietnamese contemporary pop albums.

CAM LY

Em Gai Que

Ref: FSD2919

Price: £12.99

Cam Ly was born to be a star, being the daughter of writer Nguyen Ngoc Ngan and legendary singer Khanh Ly. She is now one of Vietnam's most popular singers. She has a wonderful voice, quintessentially Vietnamese, her music peppered throughout with Vietnamese instrumentation. High quality production and packaging. A sort of more pop version of Paris based Vietnamese singer Huong Thanh.

CAM LY & QUOC DAI

Cuoc Doi Van Dep Sao 9

Ref: FSD3376

Price: £13.99

Two Vietnamese pop stars, female singer Cam Ly and male star Quoc Dai on one album. They don't sing together, just some of their songs are compiled together. They share a similar style, a kind of folk pop, typical Vietnamese melodies, great voices, Western instruments mixed with Vietnamese and some excursions into over luscious arrangements.

CAM LY & QUOC DAI

Lau Dai Tinh Ai

Ref: FSD3377

Price: £13.99

Good album of Vietnamese folk pop from two of the biggest stars, who even sing together a few times on this one. Big production with programmed drum beats behind soft Vietnamese instrumentation, typical Vietnamese melodies, rather over slushy and sentimental but then it's meant to be.

KHANH DUY, PHUONG DUNG, NHA CA, THIEN SON

Tu Tinh Ly Cay Bong

Ref: FSD2920

Price: £12.99

Good CD of contemporary Vietnamese folk pop. Plenty of Vietnamese instrumentation along with the keyboards and drums with some wonderful male and female singing performances. Ballads and up-tempo tunes.

QUANG LINH

Toi Yen Xom Nho Ngay Xua

Ref: FSD2921

Price: £12.99

Quang Linh is a well known male pop singer, whose songs often contain Vietnamese flavors, along with jazz and other styles. Good singing, quality production.

NGOC SON

Tinh Dai Kho

Ref: FSD2922

Price: £12.99

Ngoc Son is a crooner of Vietnamese pop tunes. Mostly westernized pop, with occasional Vietnamese dan bau or other instrumentation.

VARIOUS

Loi Nguoi Ra Di

Ref: FSD2923

Price: £12.99

Compilation of some of Vietnam's current top singers. These include male heartthrob Dan Truong, female superstar Cam Ly plus Nhom Mps, Cao Thai Son, and My Le. Vietnamese pop with local flavors but mostly western influenced and instrumentation.

Y LAN AND DON HO

Hung Ho

Ref: FSD1225

Price: £15.99

TUYET LOAN

Jazz Lady of Vietnam

Ref: FSD3906

Price: £13.99

At one time, jazz was popular in Vietnam although in more recent years its popularity has declined with the onslaught of pop. Tuyet Loan has been around a long time as Vietnam's premier jazz female vocalist and on this album she sings 10 classics. 1. Easy Living 2. Don't Get Around Much Anymore 3. Star Dust 4. They Can't Take that Away from Me 5. The Man I Love 6. Lullaby of Birdland 7. Ebb Tide 8. The Girl from Ipanema 9. Misty 10. Route 66.